In the center of the village.  Open by appoinment only.

A private museum that remembers the August 29, 1944 "Air Battle over the White Carpathians", Mission 263, of the 2nd Bomber Group. The museum includes exhibits, maps, and information about the mission and the planes that did not return.

On August 29, 2944, the 15th Air Force conducted "Mission 263",  a raid on the Moravska Ostrava industrial complex (Current day city of Ostrava).  Nine B-17Gs from 2nd Bomber Group were attacked by 89 German fighters and 20 minutes later eight of them were shot down and crashed in Slovakia (1), Czech Republic (7) and one crash landed in Hungary.  41 US airmen lost their lives, 28 of them were buried in a mass grave in Slavicin. Four fliers evaded capture and 55 airmen ended up in German POW camps. All the planes of the 20th Bomber Squadron were shot down that day.

The museum remembers many aircraft did not return that day and several have an associated memorial nearby; see this website for Mission 263. 

 The list of the planes that did not return in Mission 263 were:

- B-17, 42-97159 'Tail End Charlie', crash site Preckovice, 20th Bomber Squadron (BS), 2nd Bomber Group (BG).       - B-17, 44-6359, crash site Kasava, 20th BS, 2nd BG 
- B-17, 42-107118 'Snafuperman', 20th BS, 2nd BG
- B-17, 42-32048 'Queen', crash site Krhov, 20th BS, 2nd BG
- B-17, 42-38096 'Big Time', crash site Sanov, 20th BS, 2nd BG
- B-17, 42-31473 'My Baby', crash site Nova Bosaca (Slovakia), 20th BS, 2nd BG
- B-17, 42-31885 'Lovely Ladies', crash site Vyskovec, 20th BS, 2nd BG
- B-17, 44-6369, crash site Liptal, 49th BS, 2nd BG
- B-17, 42-97915 'Wolf Pack', crash landing near Környe-Kömlöd (Hungary), 429th Bomber BS, 2nd BG
- B-24, 42-52313 'Rough Cobb', crash site close to Nemsova (Slovakia), 737th BS 454th BG

Several other museums in the area also remember this battle.  See sites:  Slavicin, and Bojkovice.

For reservations see museum contact information at this website: https://www.leteckabitvakarpaty.cz/udalosti/muzea/

For more information the  about see the Air Battle over the White Carpathian website at: www.leteckabitvakarpaty.cz 

Special thanks to Mission 263 - Aug 29,1944 / Letecká bitva 29.8.1944 Facebook page & group for remembering this battle and for the several memorials that remember this mission.